TYRONE'S WATCH - Potholes in paradise
WHAT'S NOT WORKING: Huge potholes on the Pier Road in Ocho Rios, St. Ann. This is the first local road tourists use after leaving the Ocho Rios Cruise Ship Pier. SYNOPSIS OF THE SITUATION: This one is just ridiculous. Imagine yourself as a tourist...
New York road to be co-named Bob Marley Boulevard
Brooklyn, NY: A SECTION of Church Avenue, extending from East 98th Street to Remsen Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, is to be co-named Bob Marley Boulevard in honour of the late reggae singer.
Senator Monteith urges principals to give room to teachers' creativity
MINISTER OF State in the Ministry of Education and Youth, Senator Noel Monteith, has charged principals to desist from stifling the creativity of teachers and to make every effort to involve teachers and parents in the decision-making process...
COMEBACK - Michigan returns to nice up the dance
BACK IN the 1970s, the fabled Studio One made a comeback thanks to a new slate of acts that rocked the dancehall. They included singers Freddie McGregor, Sugar Minott and a deejay duo named Papa Michigan and General.
NEWSMAKER - Severing all 'Family' ties
ON MAY 11, fans of reggae legend, Bob Marley, marked the 25th anniversary of his death. That same day Aston 'Family Man' Barrett, his former colleague in The Wailers band, lost a long-running battle in the British High Court.
VERGE - K-Dean hunts that elusive hit
FIVE YEARS ago when Shaggy became the target of many jilted females through his song, It Wasn't Me, singer K-Dean was in a Dubai nightclub rocking to the beat of her fellow Jamaican's runaway hit.
Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) to pay $10m for audit
THE JAMAICA Public Service Company (JPS) will have to fork out an estimated $10 million to pay for an ordered audit into the company's billing system. The audit, which will be carried out by auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, was ordered...
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